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Berlin–May. 31, 2025

Took the U6 line to Alt-Mariendorf, but saw a lot of people getting on at Ullsteinstraße, so I decided to get off and see what that area was like. It turned out I was right near a harbor where they were having a festival.

bronze owl with green patina
ships in tempelhof harbor
Currywurst sign; on top of it is paper sign reading Bier 0,5L 2,50€

A half liter of beer for 2,50€ is apparently a good deal.

cranes in harbor

Some pictures from Alt-Mariendorf:

old church
conical roof on cylindrical brick building

On the way back from the event, I got off at a spot that had a nice view of a river. It turned out be near the equivalent of an “Embassy Row”:

river view with reflected building
view of river with trees
United Arab Emirates embassy

UAE

3d letters

Some organization from Nordrhein Westphalen and the EU

Greece embassy

Greek embassy

Italian embassy

Italian embassy

Italian embassy

Another view of the Italian embassy

Hiroshimastraße

And, facing this street, is one side of...

japanese embassy

...the Japanese embassy.

Estonian embassy

I think this is the Estonian embassy.

Stickers/Street Art

utility box with painting of Muhammad Ali
sticker Putin war criminal
Sticker for Viktoria Köln gegen Rechts, showing a red fist smashing a broken swastika.

Viktoria Köln against the right

Signage

Door-sized photo of small girl with curly hair and pink flower in hair. She is smiling with glee and clasping her hands as she looks at a large hamburger.

Another creepy ultra-whitebread advertisement.

Du musst für deine Finanzen keinen Fahrplan haben. Du kannst aber. Dein Konto. Deine Stadt. Deine Entscheidung. Jetzt Girokonto eröffnen.

You don't have to have a travel plan for your finances. But you can. Your account. Your city. Your decision. Open a bank account now. (from Sparkasse Berlin)

This series of signs has no company name (which is sort of weird); I posted one of them to Reddit and found out that it’s a campaign by PayPal.

Du liebst Bargeld. Aber hat Bargeld dich jemals zurückgeliebt?

You love cash. But has cashed ever loved you back?

Später zahlen? Bargeld kann das nicht.

Pay later? Cash can't do that.

Cash ist nicht mehr King.

Cash is no longer king.